Cinema: Death in Hollywood

"Dearest Dear: Unfortunately,
this is the only way to make good the frightful wrong I have done you
and to wipe out my abject humiliation. You understand that last night
was only a comedy. Paul."

"Paul" was Paul Bern, 42-year-old associate producer at Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer, which in recent years has produced more big successes than any
other company. Hollywood knew and admired Bern as the No. 1 assistant
of Production Chief Irving Thalberg. "Dearest Dear" was Paul Bern's
wife, Jean Harlow, 21-year-old film actress (Hell's Angels, Red Headed
Woman), whose marriage to Bern...